Reconnect. David Sherbino

Reconnect - David Sherbino


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      Re:connect: Spiritual Exercises to Develop Intimacy with God

      Copyright ©2013 David Sherbino

      All rights reserved

      Printed in Canada

      International Standard Book Number: 978-1-927355-20-6

      ISBN 978-1-927355-19-0 EPUB

      Published by:

      Castle Quay Books

      Pickering, Ontario

      Tel: (416) 573-3249

      E-mail: [email protected]

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      Cover design by Burst Impressions

      Printed at Essence Publishing, Belleville, Ontario

      Scripture quotations marked NAS are taken from the New American Standard Bible ®. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by THE LOCKMAN FOUNDATION. All rights reserved. • Scripture quotations marked NIV are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION ®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. • Scripture quotations marked RSV are taken from the Revised Standard Version Bible ®. Copyright © 1989 by THE DIVISION OF CHRSTIAN EDUCATION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF THE CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN THE U.S.A. All rights reserved. This book or parts thereof may not be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the publishers.

      Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Sherbino, David Re:connect : spiritual exercises to develop intimacy with God / David Sherbino.

      Includes bibliographical references. Issued also in electronic format. ISBN 978-1-927355-20-6

      1. Spiritual life—Christianity. 2. Spiritual exercises. I. Title. II. Title: Reconnect. III. Title: Spiritual exercises to develop intimacy with God.

      BV4501.3.S54 2013 248.4 C2013-900316-9

      Endorsement

      Well done! Most books talk about the importance of prayer. Your book tells people how to pray. Sorely needed.

      —Don Morrison, Former COO, BlackBerry at Research in Motion (RIM)

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Week One: Silence and Solitude

      Day One: To Hear and Listen to the Voice of God

      Day Two: To Be Renewed Physically and Spiritually

      Day Three: To Learn to Trust God

      Day Four: To Develop Sensitivity Towards Others

      Day Five: Facing Temptation

      Day Six: To Develop Your Prayer Life

      Day Seven: To Prepare for One’s Death

      Week Two: Holy Reading

      Day One: Security in My Relationship with God: John10:7-15

      Day Two: Security in My Relationship with God: Luke 15:1-7

      Day Three: Security in My Relationship with God: Philippians 1:3-11

      Day Four: Security in My Relationship with God: Isaiah 43:1-6

      Day Five: Security in My Relationship with God: Jeremiah 29:11-14

      Day Six: Security in My Relationship with God: Psalm 27:1-14

      Day Seven: Security in My Relationship with God: Psalm 121:1-8

      Week Three: Praying the Scriptures

      Day One: Praying the Psalms

      Day Two: Vengeance

      Day Three: Meditation

      Day Four: Intercession

      Day Five: Justice and Compassion

      Day Six: Doxology

      Day Seven: Blessing and Benediction

      Week Four: Confession

      Day One: Prayer of Confession

      Day Two: Repentance

      Day Three: Prayer of Examen : Love

      Day Four: Prayer of Examen: Joy

      Day Five: Prayer of Examen: Peace

      Day Six: Prayer of Examen: Patience

      Day Seven: Prayer of Examen: Kindness

      Week Five: Prayers of Lament

      Day One: Communal Psalms of Lament

      Day Two: Individual Psalms of Lament

      Day Three: The Lament of Job

      Day Four: The Lament of Jeremiah (part 1)

      Day Five: The Lament of Jeremiah (part 2)

      Day Six: The Lament for a Son (David)

      Day Seven: The Lament of Jesus

      Week Six: Petitionary Prayers

      Day One: Praying for the Forgiveness of Sins

      Day Two: Praying for Unity in the Body of Christ

      Day Three: Praying for Spiritual Awareness

      Day Four: Praying For Protection

      Day Five: Praying for Healing

      Day Six: Praying for the Needy

      Day Seven: Praying for Your Community

      Week Seven: Thanksgiving and Praise

      Day One: The Lord Will Provide

      Day Two: The Lord Who Heals

      Day Three: The Lord Our Banner

      Day Four: The Lord Who Sanctifies

      Day Five: The Lord My Peace

      Day Six: The Lord Our Righteousness

      Day Seven: The Lord Our Shepherd

      Praying Through the Church Year

      Advent

      Christmas

      Epiphany

      Lent: Ash Wednesday

      Holy Week:

      a. Palm Sunday

      b. Maundy Thursday

      c. Good Friday

      Easter

      Pentecost

      Ordinary Time

      INTRODUCTION

      In recent years the spiritual disciplines have become a topic of great interest and discussion. Some will attest that the disciplines help them to enter into a more intimate relationship with God. There are others who want to, but do not know how, to integrate them into their daily life. It seems that the issue of time is the greatest road block in the development of the disciplines as an integral aspect of life. We are so busy ‘doing’ we do not have enough time to ‘be still’ in the presence of God to discover intimacy with him. We need to find a way to ‘reconnect’ with God.

      This workbook is designed to help us to do that. The focus is on the discipline of prayer which is simply listening to God and then responding to God. One request of the disciples of Jesus was that he teach them to pray. They heard him teach, they saw him perform miracles and they witnessed his life of prayer. Ultimately they came to the conclusion that if they were to continue the ministry he began it could only be accomplished through an intimate relationship with God. They knew they needed to stay connected to God.

      If you desire to draw closer


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